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PDF Your Board Package
Thankfully I no longer get fedexed binders of board packages from my portfolio companies in advance of a board meeting. Through the modern miracle of email, the board packages show up in my inbox – hopefully a few days (rather than a few hours – or even minutes) before the board meeting. The board packages tend to show up in three different formats – one that is easy to deal with, one that is ok, and one that sucks.
Don't Be Casual
Coming out of the Venture Capital in the Rockies conference, I was pleasantly surprised with how solid most of the presentations were. There was plenty of pre-conference preparation, practice, and iteration from the companies presenting – and it showed.
Rethinking Investing: Common-Sense Rules for Uncommon Times
I’ve learned quite a few things in the last 18 months of exploring—and experimenting with—the world of investing. This post is my first attempt to share the findings.

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Overcoming the Classic Home Staging Catch 22 Clients or References which comes first
New home stagers always face this dilemma; if you can't get clients without references and a home staging portfolio, how do you get references and photos for a portfolio? The Staging Diva® explains how to work around this classic 'Catch-22'.

Magic Johnson: Superstar in the Business Arena
What does a former L.A. Lakers point guard and five-time NBA champ do when he retires from pro sports? Why he gets an office with an assistant and a $700 portfolio of companies of course!

How to Create a Writing Portfolio Before You Have Writing Clients
If you're thinking about becoming an online freelance writer, you might be concerned that you don't have a writing portfolio to use as samples of your work. Even if you've never had a writing client before, you can quickly and easily set up a nice portfolio to show off your writing ability with the following steps.
Balancing Your Marketing Portfolio
We all understand the importance of having a balanced financial portfolio, but what about our marketing portfolio? If we invest the bulk of our marketing in limited activities, we are putting ourselves at risk of achieving a less than desirable return on our investment.

Celebrate Your Victories
Q109 is over. The numbers are starting to roll in. After all the gloom and doom at the end of 2008, I’m very pleased with the performance of most of the companies in our portfolio. As I mentioned the other day, some struggled, but many met or exceeded their Q109 plans, and several of them destroyed them (sandbaggers, how I love thee.)
The most important thing to know about your strategic plan.
As part of the product development process for RapidInfluence we had numerous sessions with individuals both inside and outside of our target market. The purpose of these discussions were to work through the premises of our Strategic Planning Manifesto and to preview the first version of our product. One of the more insightful sessions we had was with Ian Smith of Portfolio Partnership and the author of The Smith Report, a must read for growth companies. In our session we discussed the need for companies to create strategic plans and more importantly to implement them. During our discussion, Ian rightly pointed out that success in strategic plan implementation was largely dependent on knowing what the status of various action items are within the strategic plan.
GIN RUMMY, ANYONE? Warren Buffett Business Principle # 11
Warren Buffet and his team have never advocated Gin Rummy car playing behavior when acquiring and handling companies that do not pan out as good as gold. Here are a number of logical business strategies that they follow when building a portfolio or a business.

A Tale of Two Guys
The economy is looking better and better every day. Which means it's the right time to revisit your portfolio and restructure it to outperform inflation and provide a stream of income. When was the last time you looked at your portfolio?
Supplies You Need to Start a Scrapbooking Business
If you want to start a business making and selling scrapbooks, you must be prepared with scrapbooking supplies and materials before you sell your services. Not only do you need to be ready to take on jobs, scrapbook supplies will help you create a portfolio of your work. Your portfolio will demonstrate to potential clients that you have the skills and knowledge to design the scrapbooks they want.
Coaching and Coach Training in the Workplace
• How the workplace is changing from authoritarian bosses and jobs for life towards self directed learning and portfolio careers. • How the Virgin Empire was built using a coaching culture • Case histories of the implementation of coaching and coach training in the workplace. • Some facts and figures about Return On Investment. • Why companies introduce coaching. • A look into the future.

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